Raphael
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:yathat: What he said ^
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:yathat: What he said ^
ITryToGrow
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Yeah, my original plan was actually to start out with an EC of about 0.5 and then gradually increase it as they grew.
However, when I mixed the nutes in the water I calculated the ratio wrong.
Lesson learned, this weekend I'll do it right!
Workin' on it!
Cheers
IamNug
Member
lookin good, only reason I didn't suggest anything myself was your new growth is looking healthier and sometimes young plants shrivel up a tad when they are trying to latch on to a new hydro system. I figured with your hardware and testing equipment you will get er dialed in real soon. Maybe, like others suggested, it's just a matter of getting a feel for what the particular strain likes. Which I think you are on the right track! keep up the great work!
ITryToGrow
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Long overdue update
Long overdue update
Hi all!
Seems like I keep apologizing for the too-far-apart-updates. But leading a regular life with both school and work and growing keeps me away from the computer. So no more apologizing!
Here we go:
This is day 20-ish:
This is the same plant as in the previous posts, and I'm not sure exactly what to make of it.
The newer growth seems fine, but I get the feeling something is still wrong.
I emptied out both tanks, and replaced it with fresh RO-water and nutes.
EC is at 0.50 and pH fluctuates kinda bad. I raise it to about 5.90 - 6.00 but the next day it's below 5.00. Any ideas what to do about it, I don't like it one bit.
This is a plant that feeds from the other tank, same EC and same situation with the pH tho.
This one show basically no signs of any problems...
Anyway, got tired of the RH fluctuating to much, lows around 40% and highs around 70% so I invested in a new humidistat:
I'm loving it so far!
Features include:
- Different settings for night- and day-time (if you wonder why this is good, I recommend reading about VPD).
- You can set the value for when to switch it, ie if you put the value at 5% and the desired RH is 70%, it will kick on again when it's down to 65%.
- It can control both a humidifier and a de-humidifier.
- Two outlets controlled by separate timers.
- Alarm function.
And a overall progress pic to finish:
As usual, any and all input are more than welcome!
Cheers!
Long overdue update
Hi all!
Seems like I keep apologizing for the too-far-apart-updates. But leading a regular life with both school and work and growing keeps me away from the computer. So no more apologizing!
Here we go:
This is day 20-ish:
This is the same plant as in the previous posts, and I'm not sure exactly what to make of it.
The newer growth seems fine, but I get the feeling something is still wrong.
I emptied out both tanks, and replaced it with fresh RO-water and nutes.
EC is at 0.50 and pH fluctuates kinda bad. I raise it to about 5.90 - 6.00 but the next day it's below 5.00. Any ideas what to do about it, I don't like it one bit.
This is a plant that feeds from the other tank, same EC and same situation with the pH tho.
This one show basically no signs of any problems...
Anyway, got tired of the RH fluctuating to much, lows around 40% and highs around 70% so I invested in a new humidistat:
I'm loving it so far!
Features include:
- Different settings for night- and day-time (if you wonder why this is good, I recommend reading about VPD).
- You can set the value for when to switch it, ie if you put the value at 5% and the desired RH is 70%, it will kick on again when it's down to 65%.
- It can control both a humidifier and a de-humidifier.
- Two outlets controlled by separate timers.
- Alarm function.
And a overall progress pic to finish:
As usual, any and all input are more than welcome!
Cheers!
ITryToGrow
Member
Dammit!
One of table has been a little bit slower than the rest, didn't think much of it until today when I felt they were a bit droopy..
No wonder they've been slow! The pump was barely working, it was just trickling out.
Well, I'm like the boy-scouts, always ready - so I had a spare pump. Hopefully they will catch up, at least somewhat.
One of table has been a little bit slower than the rest, didn't think much of it until today when I felt they were a bit droopy..
No wonder they've been slow! The pump was barely working, it was just trickling out.
Well, I'm like the boy-scouts, always ready - so I had a spare pump. Hopefully they will catch up, at least somewhat.
ITryToGrow
Member
Thanks man!
However, it looks like I'm still having issues...
Check out this!
If I'm unlucky the flower show won't be as impressive as I had first hoped...
ITryToGrow
Member
Kickin' it up a notch!
Kickin' it up a notch!
Thanks to Scrogerman things are sure looking better, not 100% but I guess changes don't happen over night.
Support-net is mounted:
I have two sets in case they get REALLY big.
I also mounted the two vertical hanging 400's:
So a total of 2kW running now, hopefully the mix of horizontal and vertical will prove to be good.
Looking good ey?
Kickin' it up a notch!
Thanks to Scrogerman things are sure looking better, not 100% but I guess changes don't happen over night.
Support-net is mounted:
I have two sets in case they get REALLY big.
I also mounted the two vertical hanging 400's:
So a total of 2kW running now, hopefully the mix of horizontal and vertical will prove to be good.
Looking good ey?
CalBear4Life
Member
Hopefully things level out for you...the ladies are looking lovely. I would still trim up the bottom of the plants but I'm no expert.
ITryToGrow
Member
Yes, they're going to undergo a trim before I flip them to 12/12, about the same time as I will take cuttings.
CalBear4Life
Member
Your lighting setup looks awesome by the way!!!
ITryToGrow
Member
CalBear4Life
Member
Thanks!
Switch to GH?
I think you should switch to GH also
Hovz
Active member
Thanks!
Switch to GH?
Yea i think it was you that i read were thinking bout switching to GH, i had great results in bubble buckets with the lucas formula. Maybe not a good idea to switch middle of a grow but defiantly think about trying GH.
Raphael
Member
I can also attest to the lucas formula in buckets or ebb n flow...anyways iTry those girls are getting bigger and bigger every week nice what's the temp of your res with the added wattage?
Keep up the good work, cheers
PS Check out my sig...just updated the journal with some pics of the girls 49 days into flower if you like bud pics haha. There is also a link to a grow fairly similar to this one, 8 plants dwc under 1200w and vegging them for 14 days was too long even with the screen...
what's the temp of your res with the added wattage?Keep up the good work, cheers
PS Check out my sig...just updated the journal with some pics of the girls 49 days into flower if you like bud pics haha. There is also a link to a grow fairly similar to this one, 8 plants dwc under 1200w and vegging them for 14 days was too long even with the screen...
CalBear4Life
Member
HOLY SHIT those girls look nice! Cheers
ITryToGrow
Member
Yeah, me too!
But I feel like things are going slow tho.
Maybe it's just me. I'm not used to using MH lamps, I've always used HPS from day 1.Yeah, it probably was me.
But it won't be until next run. I'm not 100% happy with Metrop and it seems that there's not many peeps using them.
I can also attest to the lucas formula in buckets or ebb n flow...anyways iTry those girls are getting bigger and bigger every week nice
Keep up the good work, cheers
PS Check out my sig...just updated the journal with some pics of the girls 49 days into flower if you like bud pics haha. There is also a link to a grow fairly similar to this one, 8 plants dwc under 1200w and vegging them for 14 days was too long even with the screen...
Yeah, but I want them bigger faster. HAHA. The plan is not to flip them until they alternate nodes or show preflowers, neither is showing yet, and they've been in veg for over a month now.
The res temp is about 77F, a bit high perhaps, but with all the oxygen I'm adding and that it's constantly flowing (tables AND res) should make it somewhat better.
DAMN! Looking real good Raph! I WISH mine will look like that!
About the screen, the original plan was just to use it for plant support, but perhaps I should scrog-it?
Cheers all!
ITryToGrow
Member
Humidifying
Humidifying
I'm not 100% satisfied with the humidity-solution.
Don't get me wrong, the humidifier is the shit! It's more the way I use/implement it that I'm not satisfied with.
I got two issues with it:
1. It feels like the extractor sucks most of the humidity out.
2. I feel like the humidity that stays is not proportionally spread out thru the tent.
As for 1, the extractor is dialed down as much as possible (I gotta watch the heat as well).
As for 2, not that it is a big surprise, but it's more humid closest to the machine, and it feels like it's NO humidity in the corners of the tent.
What I'm looking for is some advise about what I can do to spread it out more. Take a look a the pictures I've posted earlier to see where fans, extractor and humidifier are placed.
I'm aiming for 70% rh during lights on, and 60% during lights off.
Oh yeah, I have removed the T-piece since that made the vertical bulbs get showered.
Cheers,
ITTG
Humidifying
I'm not 100% satisfied with the humidity-solution.
Don't get me wrong, the humidifier is the shit! It's more the way I use/implement it that I'm not satisfied with.
I got two issues with it:
1. It feels like the extractor sucks most of the humidity out.
2. I feel like the humidity that stays is not proportionally spread out thru the tent.
As for 1, the extractor is dialed down as much as possible (I gotta watch the heat as well).
As for 2, not that it is a big surprise, but it's more humid closest to the machine, and it feels like it's NO humidity in the corners of the tent.
What I'm looking for is some advise about what I can do to spread it out more. Take a look a the pictures I've posted earlier to see where fans, extractor and humidifier are placed.
I'm aiming for 70% rh during lights on, and 60% during lights off.
Oh yeah, I have removed the T-piece since that made the vertical bulbs get showered.
Cheers,
ITTG
